Means for producing gangs of miniature dead eyes



May 3, 1938..

w. KRAMER 2,115,957

MEANS FOR PRODUCING GANGS OF MINIATURE DEAD EYES Filed Feb. 1, 1957INVENTOR y u mm- ATTORNEY Patented May 3, 1938 PATENT OFFICE.

MEANS FOR PRODUCING GANGS OF MINIA- TURE DEAD EYES William Kramer,Richmond Hill, N. Y.

Application February 1, 1937, Serial No. 123,332

1 Claim.

production of miniature dead eyes for use in the rigging of model or toysailing vessels and the like, and my improvement is directedparticularly to moulding apparatus whereby these articles may beproduced in gangs from a single pouring of molten metal, thus greatlyeconomizing in the cost of manufacture.

These dead eyes, for model use, are so small that to make them by anyordinary meanswould be prohibitive in expense, particularly as in thetoy and model ship industry the entire equipment for making andassembling a sailing ship is sold mainly to boys at a moderate price.

Therefore it has been necessary in the conduct of my business to devisemeans for the production of these tiny dead eyes as economically aspossible, resulting in the present invention.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front elevation, partly broken away, of a mould for makingdead eyes.

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged, partial sectional detail of the mould, with theside members removed.

Fig. 4 is a similar View, but with the central wall member raised fromthe base to remove the moulded product from the hole forming pins.

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5--5 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view, enlarged, of a moulded dead eye.

In Figures 1 to 5 I have illustrated a mould especially adapted for theproduction of miniature dead eyes in gangs, and in these figures let Iindicate a mould base, 2 a central wall, and 3,

4, respectively, the opposite side walls. The wall 2 is secured to thebase as by bolts 5.

In these figures the dotted lines 6 are intended to indicate thechannels through which molten metal is poured for the purpose ofcreating the moulded product in the form of the miniature dead eyes 'Iwith the attached gate material 8, the gate, as noted, carrying a numberof dead eyes, which number may be nine, as shown, or other suitablenumber. The mould being double, i. e.

5 having a wall at each side of the central wall, a double pouring maybe performed to produce,

This invention relates to a new art for the.

in one moulding operation, two separate gates each carrying nine deadeyes. The dead eyes are easily detachable from the gate, as is obvious.

The central wall and side walls are die cut tb produce the curved topsand bottoms 9 of the 5 dead eyes, and the central and side walls arealso each die cut to produce the groove ID in said dead eyes. The base Icarries the upstanding pins I I which are so arranged that in themoulding operation they will form reeving holes I2 10 through each deadeye. Groups of three pins as part of the moulding apparatus for eachdead 7 eye, are provided, because conventionally dead eyes are formedwith three holes therein.

To remove the moulded product the first step 15 is to take away the sidewalls 3, 4, these side walls having been held to the central wall duringthe pouring by usualclamping means. Fig. 3 shows the mould with the sidewalls removed. Then, as in Fig. 4, the central wall is separated fromthe base to separate the product from pins I I, whereafter the gates,carrying the gangs of dead eyes can be removed from the central wall. InFig. 6 a much enlarged view shows a completed dead eye.

Variations within the spirit and scope of my invention are equallycomprehended by the foregoing disclosure.

I claim:

A mould for producing miniature dead eyes 0 comprising a base, avertically slidable central wall member mounted thereon, removable mouldmembers at opposite sides of said wall member, and a plurality of pinsprojected upwardlyfrom said base to form reeving' holes in the deadeyes, 35 said base and members fitting togetherand being die out toprovide pouring channels and contours of dead eyes in two separate gangsthereof, said mould members being removable from the base and centralwall member toexpose a por- 40 tion of the cast gangs, the verticalmovement of said slidable central Wall member separating the gangs fromthe base and lifting the same off the reeving pins whereby said deadeyes are exposed for removal from said central wall member. V

I WILLIAM KRAMER.

